[Little Merchant: Big shot, these are great items, but how much are you selling them for? Don't think I'm being nosy, but I'll add one more thing: I suggest not setting the price too high.]
Su Ye looked at the message from Little Merchant. It seemed Little Merchant wasn't stupid. That made sense; as the heir to a large merchant guild, she wouldn't be so shortsighted.
For ordinary merchants, the goal is to raise prices, but they ignore the fact that ordinary lords are the most numerous.
[Otherworld Traveler: Oh? Do you have any ideas?]
Su Ye asked Little Merchant directly.
On her end, Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the message from Su Ye, a gleam in her eyes, and immediately responded.
[Little Merchant: Big shot, if you trust me, don't rush to sell just yet. Wait, wait for eleven more days.]
[Little Merchant: After eleven days, the novice period will enter its countdown. Many lords start exerting their strength around this time; that's when the real money is made.]
[Little Merchant: What you need to do right now, Big shot, is produce, produce, and produce more. Produce as much as you can. There will be plenty of lords buying. If no lords buy them, I'll personally buy back your products at double the price. How about that?]
Su Ye looked at the message from Lin Xiaoxiao with a hint of astonishment. He hadn't expected Lin Xiaoxiao to offer such advice.
Indeed, the twentieth day of the novice period is often when those lords start to exert their strength. It's not early, but it's not too late either, if one wants to secure a good rank in the final standings.
This is the best time to choose.
This is also the time point most lords choose. The accumulation of the first twenty days culminates in an explosion during the final ten days for a final sprint. This is basically what novice lords do every year.
Selling these items at that time would undoubtedly lead to a huge profit. Naturally, prices would rise, but they shouldn't be raised too much.
[Otherworld Traveler: If I were to leave it to you, what would you do?]
Su Ye looked at the private chat with a flicker in his eyes. He wanted to know how Little Merchant would answer; this would determine his future attitude toward her and their method of cooperation.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Ye's reply, pondered for a moment, and responded.
[Little Merchant: Big shot, these are your items, so you set the price. I'll be responsible for selling them. How about a nine-to-one split? You get nine, and I get one?]
Su Ye looked at Little Merchant's words, his eyes flickering. Nine-to-one?
[Otherworld Traveler: Why?]
Seeing Su Ye's reply, Lin Xiaoxiao revealed a cute smile.
[Little Merchant: No reason, I just believe in you. Big shot, you should know that I am the heir to a large merchant guild, and I need business partners.]
Su Ye looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's reply with a calm expression. He hadn't expected Lin Xiaoxiao to be so frank.
[Otherworld Traveler: Let's get to know each other. My name is Su Ye, a Tech-side lord. Just call me Su Ye.]
[Little Merchant: Lin Xiaoxiao, one of the heirs to the Empire's Apocalypse Merchant Guild!]
Su Ye looked at the message from Lin Xiaoxiao. He knew she was the heir to a large merchant guild, but he hadn't expected her background to be this significant.
The Apocalypse Merchant Guild is one of the eight major merchant guilds of the Empire.
A behemoth spanning the entire Lord World, the entire guild is a circle composed of large families centered around the Magic Capital, and who knows how many god-level lords are among them.
This guild has existed since the inception of the Empire.
[Otherworld Traveler: Let's do this. A nine-to-one split is too excessive. Let's do a fifty-fifty split. You provide the raw materials and sales channels, and I provide the technology and production.]
(Explanation: As an ordinary lord, no matter how much money you have, you're just a fat sheep—those who know, know. The protagonist currently needs a backer. For the protagonist, as long as the factory exists, money will flow in endlessly. The most important thing for the protagonist has never been money, but having a backer. Only with a backer can he develop steadily; otherwise, no matter how many resources he has, they will only bring disaster.)
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the message from Su Ye with a smile on her face: "Looks like he's just an ordinary lord without a background, but he's smart and sensible. That's for the best; this kind of partner is the best kind."
The meaning of Su Ye's message was also very clear: a fifty-fifty profit split. How to make money is your business; no matter how much is earned, I only want fifty percent, and the other fifty percent is yours.
The price is helping Su Ye block trouble. As an heir to a large merchant guild, Lin Xiaoxiao naturally understood this.
Otherwise, why would Su Ye give her fifty percent of the profits? It's because he sees her as an heir to a large merchant guild; that is why Su Ye is giving her fifty percent. As for providing raw materials, that is a trivial matter.
Su Ye is even providing the technology.
[Little Merchant: Alright, Big shot. Happy to cooperate. In the future, if there are better weapons and equipment, we can both cooperate.]
Su Ye looked at the message from Little Merchant, his heart as clear as a mirror.
Lin Xiaoxiao's words were very clear: I will help you solve your troubles, and I hope we can have more cooperation in the future.
[Otherworld Traveler: Of course, happy to cooperate. I will send you the materials I need later, and you can decide the pricing.]
[Little Merchant: Alright, Big shot.]
Su Ye directly closed the private chat.
As for whether sending the materials needed for the rifles, grenades, and Robots to Lin Xiaoxiao would lead to piracy?
Of course that's impossible, and such a thing won't happen. The value of these weapons is limited to what low-level lords need.
But offending Su Ye, a lord with potential, for this is clearly not worth it. Most importantly, it's impossible because the factory blueprints were researched by Dawn Moon.
This wasn't something opened from a treasure chest. Even if others knew the materials, there's no way they could pirate the production unless they also had Dawn Moon helping them design factory blueprints.
This item is Su Ye's exclusive limited edition.
This is also why Su Ye is so generous. He doesn't need to guard against anything at all. Take the recipe; if you can produce it, I'll admit defeat.
On Lin Xiaoxiao's side, a smile hung on her little face.
Lin Xiaoxiao isn't stupid, and it's not like the protagonist's luck caused her to choose Su Ye. To put it bluntly, Lin Xiaoxiao only had one reason for investing in Su Ye.
That is Lin Xiaoxiao's talent: Wealth Investor!!
First trait: Eye of Wealth: Can observe anyone's wealth luck. Wealth luck is divided into seven levels: Gray, White, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Gold, and Red!
The reason Lin Xiaoxiao chose to cooperate with Su Ye among billions of novice lords is because of this Eye of Wealth. Lin Xiaoxiao has seen Gold wealth luck before.
But as for Red wealth luck, Lin Xiaoxiao saw only one person with it after looking through the chat channel.
That is Su Ye. Su Ye is the unique owner of Red wealth luck she has discovered. As for Gold wealth luck, Lin Xiaoxiao has discovered quite a few, but Su Ye is the unique owner of Red wealth luck.
This is also the reason why Lin Xiaoxiao would invest and cooperate with Su Ye, and even call Su Ye "Big shot" directly.
She is very clear that a lord like Su Ye, even as a Tech-side existence, is unimaginable.
Of course, the Eye of Wealth cannot see anyone's wealth luck. She can only see the wealth luck of lords who are the same level as her or one level higher.
Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't know how strong Su Ye is, but the only thing she is clear about is that Su Ye will be very rich in the future, and if she gets connected with him, she will also make a fortune.
This is also why Lin Xiaoxiao would cooperate with Su Ye, and even fawn over Su Ye. Being on good terms with Su Ye means a continuous stream of money, so why would she want to offend Su Ye?
Most importantly, there is more than one large merchant guild, and she is not the only heir to a large merchant guild. What she can do, other heirs can also do. Offending Su Ye has no benefits for her, only disadvantages; there are plenty of people willing to cooperate with Su Ye.
(There will be explanations later as to why she didn't take Su Ye as a Subordinate Lord; it will all be explained. I'll just mention it here: Number Five is really scared!)
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